Green Maker Initiative Event

Riverside MillGMIEvent

10 May

Written By Laura Wasley

Saturday 9 November, 10am - 4pm

FREE ENTRY

Jubilee Gallery
Sustainable Craft Fair

Riverside Gallery
Making activities
Maker demos

Courtyard
Maker demo - blacksmithing on a mobile forge

Workshop Space
Children & Families workshop

Sustainable Craft Fair - Jubilee Gallery

12 of our Pledged Green Makers will be taking over Jubilee Gallery, selling sustainable craft from textiles and glass to wood and jewellery. Princetown Press will even have a tabletop letterpress at their stall that you can have a go at yourself!

The Sockists Project - Riverside Gallery

Dig out your old socks and prevent them going to landfill. The Sockists Project is here to help you have some fun transforming old socks into your own little eco-activist!

No previous making experience is needed – just some time, a little patience and some simple hand stitching. Make them for friends and family this Christmas for the ultimate environmentally friendly present. All materials provided (sourced from Plymouth Scrapstore) and socks will be available if you haven’t got your own.

FREE

10.30am - 12.30pm: bookable session

1.30pm - 4pm: drop in session

Find out more HERE.

Printmaking Drop In - Riverside Gallery

Drop in and have go at printing your own recycled cardboard bookmark.

Choose from one of makerslane.uk’s pre-carved lino print designs to print yourself a bookmark on recycled card and add a tassel made of scrap materials.

This activity only takes minutes and no booking is required.

FREE

10am - 4pm: drop in

Find out more HERE.

Recycled Paper Puppets - Workshop Space

Children & Families Workshop

Join Helena from The Wowhaus to make lovely paper puppets from scrap and recycled materials.

This workshop is suitable for children aged 6 and up, but young children should be accompanied by an adult. Adults do not need to book tickets.

£2.50 per child

2.30pm - 4pm

Find out more HERE.

Blacksmith Demo - Courtyard

Pop by and watch Stephen Thompson work on a mobile forge in our courtyard.

Stephen works as a scrap metal collector. Some of his keepable finds are either, objects that deserve (in his opinion) another life, or scraps of stock material that he feels don’t really need to go through the recycling system.

During the GMI Event, Stephen will be demoing his forged metalwork on a mobile forge that will be housed in our outside courtyard. Most of this work is not recycled as Stephen doesn’t always find the right metal required for forging. However, he will have a number of his recycled products on display.

Pop by and watch Stephen at work and ask him questions about his practice!

FREE

10am - 4pm

Find out more HERE.

Part of the Green Maker Initiative Season

Throughout November, December and January we’ll be celebrating our Green Maker Initiative (GMI) Season; hosting events, workshops and exhibitions themed around the natural world and championing sustainable craft.

Find out more HERE.